Enhanced Games 2026: How to Watch, Start Time, Odds & Predictions

• The Enhanced Games are live Sunday, May 24 from Resorts World Las Vegas
• The event streams free on Roku, YouTube, Rumble, Twitch and Kick
• See below for how to watch the Enhanced Games, start time, sports list and odds

The first ever Enhanced Games go down Sunday at a custom-built arena outside Resorts World Las Vegas. Forty-two athletes will compete in swimming, sprinting, weightlifting and strongman, and 40 of them spent the last four months in Abu Dhabi training on FDA-approved drugs that would get them banned everywhere else.

There’s $25 million in prize money up for grabs, including a $1 million bonus for breaking the men’s 100m sprint or 50m freestyle world record. Here’s everything you need to know.

How to Watch the Enhanced Games

• Date: Sunday, May 24, 2026
• Venue: Resorts World Las Vegas
• Opening events start time: 6:30 pm ET / 3:30 pm PT
• Main events start time: 9:00 pm ET / 6:00 pm PT
• Live stream: Roku, YouTube, Rumble, Twitch, Kick (free)

The Enhanced Games are not on TV. The entire event streams free across every major platform regardless of timezone, with Roku serving as the primary broadcast partner in North America. UK viewers can watch on Roku’s YouTube channel.

The Killers close out the night with a concert at Zouk nightclub, following sets from DJ Alan Walker and Farruko earlier in the evening.

Enhanced Games Sports List

• Swimming: 50m and 100m freestyle, 50m and 100m butterfly
• Track: Men’s and women’s 100m sprint
• Weightlifting: Snatch, clean & jerk
• Strongman: Deadlift (head-to-head)

The original plan included gymnastics and combat sports, but those got scrapped due to lack of interested athletes. That leaves four disciplines spread across roughly four hours of competition.

Enhanced Games Odds

Odds via Polymarket as of May 23, 2026. Traditional US sportsbooks aren’t pricing the event, so prediction markets are the only place getting action.

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The market expects records to fall in the pool but not on the track. The 50m butterfly world record (22.27s, set by Andrii Govorov in 2018) is sitting at a 71% implied probability of getting broken. Bolt’s 9.58 stands at just 13% despite Fred Kerley promising he’d “destroy” it.

Enhanced Games Predictions

• Best bet: Thor over Hooper in deadlift H2H
• Value play: Men’s 50m butterfly world record to fall (71%)
• Fade: Fred Kerley sub-9.76 (29%)

Hafthor Bjornsson should win the deadlift head-to-head with Mitchell Hooper without much trouble. Thor already owns the official world record at 510 kg, set in September 2025, and he’s publicly said he’s gunning for 515. Hooper is the reigning World’s Strongest Man, but his best comp deadlift is 475 kg. That’s a 35 kg gap, and steroids don’t close it overnight.

In the pool, the swimming records look ripe. Govorov’s 50m butterfly mark has stood since 2018, and the Enhanced Games are letting swimmers wear the old “supersuits” that fueled the 2008 Beijing record spree. Add PEDs to that and the 71% number looks fair, maybe even light.

I’m less sold on Kerley. His personal best is 9.76 and he says he’s running clean. Shaving even a hundredth off that PB at age 31, on a one-off track in Vegas with limited competition, is a tall order. The 29% feels generous.

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Who’s Competing at the Enhanced Games?

• Fred Kerley (USA, 100m) – 2022 world champ, running clean
• Ben Proud (GBR, 50m free) – 2024 Olympic silver
• Kristian Gkolomeev (GRE, 50m free) – current WR holder at 20.89
• James Magnussen (AUS, swimming) – former 100m free world champ
• Cody Miller (USA, swimming) – 2016 Olympic gold
• Hunter Armstrong (USA, swimming) – going clean, eyeing 2028 LA Games
• Hafthor Bjornsson (ISL, deadlift) – WR holder at 510 kg
• Mitchell Hooper (CAN, deadlift) – reigning World’s Strongest Man
• Shania Collins (USA, 100m) – former US Indoor champ
• Emily Barclay (swimming) – 100m butterfly
• Wesley Kitts (USA, weightlifting)

Of the 42 athletes, 40 took PEDs during the four-month Abu Dhabi training camp. Kerley and Armstrong are the two going clean. According to Enhanced’s clinical trial data, 91% of the doping athletes used testosterone and 79% used human growth hormone.

None of the records set Sunday will be ratified by World Aquatics, World Athletics or any other governing body. World Aquatics has already said any swimmer competing here is banned for life from its events. UK Athletics called it a “reckless venture.” Sebastian Coe said anyone involved would be “banned for a long time.”

That’s the trade-off these athletes signed up for. By Monday morning, we’ll know whether the gamble paid off.